Lock-plate for wire stays.



No. 637,322.- Patented Nov. 26, |901. N. B. LESLIE.

LUCK PLATEFDR WIRE STAYS.

(Application led Apr. 8, 1901.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY FREDERICK BAND, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

LOCK-PLATE FOR/WIRE STAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,322, dated November 26, 1901.

Application filed April s, 1901.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NOBLE B. LESLIE, a citizen of the United. States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-Plates for Wire Stays, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-stays and devices for attaching the same to the running-wires of a fence; and the object of the invention is to provide a complete stay having clamps ready secured thereto, so that it can be immediately applied to the running or line wires.

My invention consists in the Wire stay bent slightly at regular intervals where the clamps are attached to prevent longitudinal slipping and in the metal clamps secured thereto, suitable provision being made for afterward attaching the clamps also to the running-wires, as is hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a complete stay-wire ready for attachment in the fence. Fig. 2 shows a metal joint after securing to the line-Wire. Fig. 3 shows the clamp above before attachment to the stay. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of clamp upon the stay. Fig. 5 shows this clamp in detail. Fig. 6 shows a third variation of the clamp. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the metal clamp shown in Fig. 3 as vit is iirst struck from the metal.

In the views, 1 shows the stay-wire bent at 2, and 3 shows the clamp comprising a rectangular sheet or plate of metal cut at either extremity to form integral wrapping-strips adapted to inclose the wires. At the upper extremity two such strips 4 are shown, made the long way or vertically of the clamp-sheet, which are separated to receive the stay-wires between them and are finally bent over the line-wire, as shown in Fig. 2. At the lower extremity the clamp transverse slits 5 are out in the sheet metal nearly to the center, thus separating therefrom two transverse wrapping-strips 6, which are bent about the staywire below the bent portion 2, as seen in Figs. l, 2, and 3. In Figs. 4 and 5 the transverselycut strips or bands are three in number and so Serial No. 54,948. (No model.)

placed as to alternate on the opposite sides of the clamp and alternately wrap the stay-wire, thus making a very strong means of attachment thereto. The'blank thus shows alternating bands 6 and rectangular slots 7, the projecting bands on one side coming opposite the slots on the other, so as to iuterlace, as in Fig. 4. In Fig. 6 the transverse strip is cut from the central portion of the sheet met-al. The transverse strip is severed from the body of the plate on three sides at 5, forming a tongue 6, integral at 8 with the body portion. The stay is bent at the time that the clampingplates are attached thereto, and as many clamps are secured to the stay as there are running-wires in the fence.

To build the fence, it is only necessary to string the running-wires at the required distance apart upon the posts and then hanging the upper loops of the clamps thereon to pinch them tightly about the wires, or, if desired, the complete stays can be attached to the running-wires in the factory and the fencing can be shipped in rolls ready to put up upon the posts.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A stay for a wire fence comprising a wire bent at predetermined intervals, in combination with metal clamps secured thereto, said clamps being provided with transversely-extending integral strips at their lower extremities wrapped about the stay underneath said bent portions, and with longitudinallyextending integral strips at their upper extremities, substantially as set forth.

c 2. A stay for a wire fence, comprising a wire bent at predetermined intervals, in combination with metal clamps secured thereto, the said clamps being transversely slit at their lower extremities, whereby wrapping-strips are formed to inclose said Astay-wire, and provided With longitudinally-extending strips at their upper extremities, substantially as an for the purpose set forth. v

In testimony whereof II have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NOBLE B. LESLIE.

Witnesses:

C. H. ULDs, WM. M. MONROE.

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